Excuse Me, I'm On The Phone
From the Archives
•
Comedy, Short Films, 26-May-2026
A film about being on the phone. Bobby McCoy directs “Excuse Me, I’m On The Phone,” a high-tempo game of hot potato between erratic youngsters and their cellular crises. It all starts with a young lady seated outside an Erewhon grocery store. She speaks to someone on the phone, distressed about her recent struggles working as a canvasser. Moments later and back on the job, she tries to stop a man on the street; he crashes out on her. He's on his own call with the daughter of a man who owes him money for a high school sports bet. One call takes us to the next: a rich girl deals with her cat who swallowed an Elf Bar, a veterinarian demands his wife cancel their credit cards, and a mother sobs in front of her babysitter. In the fifth film of his we’ve featured, McCoy flexes an ever-evolving microbudget mastery, capturing frantic Zoomers on L.A. street corners through a telephoto view. -JM. Director: Bobby McCoy. DP: Michael Santos. Cast: Gabby Sones, John Pelech, Lena Redford, Roger Hayn, Kati Skelton, Lucy Parks Urbano, Ivan Fraser.
Up Next in From the Archives
-
When I Get Home
A young couple discuss being new parents and their own mortality. In “When I Get Home,” Nuala Sanchez compiles the audio-visual journal entries of her own parents, forming an intimate and expressive reflection on parenthood. Electronic hums hiss at a low frequency. DV footage comes into focus. On...
-
Meet the Director: Paolo Chianta ("Ta...
-
When You Were Born
In a world where time travel is commonplace, two friends confront a secret one of them has been keeping. “When You Were Born” is mumblecore sci-fi, a high concept, lo-fi drama that defies metaphysical constraints. Writer/Director/Editor: Zephyr Sheedy. Starring Victoria Lowry, Audrey Stemann and ...
